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31st (Alberta) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Pte. Henry Northcote 31st Battalion Henry Northcote was hit by shrapnel in his right arm at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. He was hit in the middle of the right forearm, badly damaging soft tissues and breaking both bones. A field dressing was applied immediately and a temporary splint applied, and he was sent to the 32nd Australian Field Hospital. He said the smell from his forearm was terrible and gangrene had set in, necessitating the amputation of his right arm. After six days, he was transferred to Huddersfield War Hospital for three weeks. He was sent to the Ramsgate Hospital on 10th of May 1917 and shipped home to Canada in July 1917.
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Pte. Howard Clifford Johnston 31st Battalion The following information was gleaned from a pocket diary, service records, the History of the 31st Battalion C.E.F., and letters & postcards.
After the Canadians succeeded in taking Hill 70, a strategic high ground overlooking Lens France, from the Germans in August of 1917, the 31st Battalion was brought to the hill to hold it against German counter attacks.
On 27th of September 1917 during an intense night of shelling, Pte Howard Johnston was buried in his trench when an exploding shell caused the trench to collapse. He was dug out and sent back to an aid station. After a few hours of recovery time Howard was sent back up to the line.
Howard was in a forward bombing post around 11:30 that night with three others when a shell fell among them. The other three were killed, but on the 28th Howard found himself in the 5th Field Ambulance. The following day, the 29th, he was in the 39th Stationary Hospital.
On October 24th, he was transferred by train to the 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau.
Finally on November 1st, Howard's diary states, "Marked for Eng. Hooray!" and on the 2nd, "Start for Eng 6:30". Records show he arrived at 1st Western General Hospital in Liverpool on 4th November 1917, where he remained until he was relocated to the Convalescent Camp in Epsom on December 15th.
His diagnosis included, Rheumatism, Sev Q, Shell Shock, Perforated left eardrum
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